Test Engineer Jobs in South Wales

Test Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Test Engineer salary in South Wales is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 93 95
Rank change year-on-year +41 +2 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Engineer 12 9 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 1.56% 0.61% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.81% 0.68% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 9
10th Percentile - £40,350 £36,600
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,063 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +21.62% -22.11%
75th Percentile - £60,938 £48,000
90th Percentile - £67,500 £53,893
Wales median annual salary £55,062 £42,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year +29.56% +14.86% -22.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in South Wales with a recognized job title 662 1,331 1,025
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.09% 90.85% 89.44%
Number of salaries quoted 422 888 573
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,157 £28,700
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £36,464
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,244 £45,496
Median % change year-on-year +8.12% +1.64% -9.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £62,988
90th Percentile £71,585 £70,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% - -5.26%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings that featured Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in South Wales

Test Engineer
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Engineer in South Wales.

Salary trend for Test Engineer in South Wales

Test Engineer
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Engineer in South Wales over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Engineer in South Wales

Test Engineer
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 13 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Newport - 12 £60,000 - 11
Test Engineer
Wales

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Test Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South Wales region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (66.67%) Verification and Validation
2 8 (66.67%) UML
2 8 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 8 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 8 (66.67%) Validation
2 8 (66.67%) Agile
2 8 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 8 (66.67%) Degree
2 8 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 8 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 8 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 6 (50.00%) Code Quality
4 4 (33.33%) HNC
5 2 (16.67%) Ada

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Agile
1 8 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 8 (66.67%) Configuration Management
1 8 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 8 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 8 (66.67%) UML
1 8 (66.67%) Validation
1 8 (66.67%) Verification and Validation
1 8 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 6 (50.00%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Ada
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (66.67%) Degree
3 4 (33.33%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 12207